Richard's explanation is exactly right. The true test is for Mike B to get a few hundred miles over several test rides to proof out the repair.

I think that what happens when a vintage bike is totaled is that the insurance company sells it to a recycler if the owner does not want to buy it bac...

There is also the airfilter box to consider. The right/left air injection tubes can be plugged with a timing aperture plugs. There is also a small hol...

Your scheme for the plug wires should work just fine. What I was trying to explain, in a somewhat clumsy fashion, is that with a wasted spark ignitio...

My understanding is that you should be able to use any spark plug wire on any coil tower. What I don't know for sure is what goes on with the ignition...

Richard is correct about selecting a desirable gear for a given speed. What I like to do is to keep the motor RPMs between 3000 to 4000 RPM and the se...

The airhead ignition is known as "wasted spark". In a "wasted spark" ignition set up, I don't think it matters. Wasted spark is when both cylinders e...

Your 1983 should not have an issue with the deleted circlip on the output shaft. That is a 1985 and later issue. It is possible to find a "false neutr...

I choose alcohol free gasoline when I can find it. If your bike's motor has not had a valve job to include updated exhaust valve seats, then some sort...

Wild guess here. Clutch slipping, maybe? It's not unusual to have to re-adjust the clutch cable and throw out mechanism after a transmission remove an...

Applying heat might help but might also bubble the frame paint in the area. Is the right side pivot bolt/pin also removed? Letting the penetrating o...

Assuming your bike is OEM equipped, my experience is that a rotor gone open is the most common fault. Next most common would be a bad diode in the di...

Duncan's Beemers is in Mass. However, I agree with Richard about Learning to maintain and repair your own motorcycle.

Welcome Ian, "something isn't right" seems to be the case here. Am I to understand that your throttle cable set up is a single pull cable from the h...

When connecting a battery, I attach the positive lead first, ground lead second. That eliminates the potential for a spark when working with a wrench ...